The Burnt Offering

1 The Lord ·called to [summoned] Moses and spoke to him from the Meeting Tent, saying, ² “Tell the ·people [^Lsons; children] of Israel: ‘When you bring an offering [^Lof livestock] to the Lord, bring as your offering an animal from the herd or flock.

³ “‘If the offering is a whole burnt offering from the herd, it must be a male ·that has nothing wrong with it [without blemish/defect]. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent so that the Lord will accept the offering. ⁴ He must ·put [lay] his hand on the animal’s head [^Cto identify with the animal that served as a substitute], and ·the Lord will accept it to remove the person’s sin so he will belong to God [^Lit will be acceptable as atonement/expiation for him]. ⁵ He must ·kill [slaughter] the young bull before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, must bring its blood and ·sprinkle [dash] it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Meeting Tent. ⁶ After that he will skin the ·animal [^Lwhole burnt offering] and cut it into pieces. ⁷ The [^Lsons of Aaron, the] priests, when they have ·put [arranged] wood and fire on the altar,